5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOBES

LOBES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lobe

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How LOBES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOBES as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,653 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LO_ES L in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE SHART FLAIL IRATE APRON
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOBES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,653 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOBES ranks #4,653 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

320
260
171
136
127
126
118
101
100
59
54
51
44
41
36
36
35
34
29
25
25
23
23
23
22
21
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOBES:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

13.6% →
TRAIN 5.92 bits
11.0% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
7.2% →
SHART 5.31 bits
5.8% →
FLAIL 4.96 bits
5.4% →
IRATE 4.10 bits
5.3% →
APRON 5.05 bits
5.0% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
4.3% →
DEALT 4.56 bits
4.2% →
RAINY 4.08 bits
2.5% →
STALK 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for LOBES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

L1O1B3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.